Thursday, December 27, 2012

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

DeKalb County saw 6,400 new residents sign up for recycling in the first three months after making the service free.

After eliminating the $30 start-up fee, more than 4,000 residents joined the service in the first month after became free in late September. By December, that number had grown to 6,400.

The increase is the equivalent of about 4 percent more customers, added to the 21 percent who had been recycling. The county’s goal is to get 40 percent of its 159,000 customers to recycle in the next four years.
More information/to sign up: 404-294-2900 or www.dekalbrecycles.com.

Monday, December 24, 2012

Caption for (above) photo:Decatur, GA.reprinted from ajc circa 1964More than 500 persons turned out to see the first Sunday movie in Decatur in 7 years.The film was Walt Disney's "So Dear to My Heart." The Decatur City Commission lifted theban on Sunday movies more than a week ago, but owner Fred Storey decided to open forSunday audiences with the Disney picture. Sunday movies have been prohibited in Decaturfor more than 18 years. For a brief period in 1957 the ban was lifted

Saturday, December 22, 2012

By RAFER GUZMÁN rafer.guzman@newsday.com
There's a fine line between macho wish fulfillment and delusional fantasy, and "Jack Reacher" crosses it. Reacher, played by Tom Cruise in tight jeans and sometimes a shirt, is always the smartest, strongest and fastest, and the only thing slowing him down are all the gorgeous women in his way. When five guys pick a fight with Reacher, he feels only sadness -- for the hellacious beating they're about to receive.

It all gets pretty insufferable, but "Jack Reacher" doesn't seem to realize this. Writer-director Christopher McQuarrie ("The Usual Suspects") is so caught up in his Mickey Spillane world that he can't tell when his movie starts tipping into self-parody. (Answer: Immediately.)
n this story, Reacher, a former military cop turned drifter, begins investigating the case of a Pittsburgh sniper accused of mowing down several innocent citizens. (Images of a nanny clutching a little girl may come too soon after the Sandy Hook shootings for some viewers; Paramount has excised some gunplay from the film's trailer.) Police Detective Emerson (David Oyelowo) already has his man, but Reacher isn't convinced. The suspect's idealistic attorney, Helen Rodin (an ill-used Rosamund Pike), hires Reacher to find out more.
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Thursday, December 20, 2012

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

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‘Tis the season for celebrations, and there are lots of ways to celebrate at Fernbank! The Museum will be closed Christmas day, but will be open during normal business hours the rest of the holiday weekend.
Here are a few highlights:
Make Fernbank your “Holly Jolly Headquarters!” Fernbank’s 3rd annual Winter Wonderland features a festive exhibition featuring a variety of culturally-themed trees, special photo opportunities with Fernbank’s holiday mascot, Santa-saurus and train rides aboard the Santa-sausurs Express.
Don’t miss the final weeks of Genghis Khan. Experience the amazing, true story of one of the world’s greatest and most misunderstood conquerors.
Give a gift they won’t return! Buy a membership and SAVE. Select levels of membership are on sale through December 24 and they come with a year of exhibits, programming days, discounts, and more!

Saturday, December 15, 2012

Victory Sandwich Bar Coming Soon to 340 Church St. Decatur, GA. This is where Johnny's Pizza and Rocket 88 were once located.
Look for the black letters V I C T O R Y to go up soon.
Here is the website to look at menu : http://www.vicsandwich.com/

Thursday, December 13, 2012

Big ﻿Apple Circus, which made Atlanta a tour stop for many years but hasn’t been to the city since 2010, plans to return to a new metro area site in February.

Instead of setting up its big top at Stone Mountain Park as usual, the New York-based circus will bring a new show, “Legendarium,” to Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park in Alpharetta, Feb. 1 to 18.

Celebrating its 35th year, Big Apple is a throwback troupe specializing in an intimate one-ring experience that revels in the artistry of performance — including acrobatics, clowning and juggling — with no seat more than 50 feet from the performers. It doesn’t boast the sorts of big animals presented by Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, preferring to present horse and dog stars.

When “Legendarium,” a loose tribute to the roots of circus performance in 19th century Gotham, opened in New York in October, it played to positive notices in the city’s major daily papers. The New York Times called Big Apple “consistently inspired” and said “Legendarium” “isn’t about to break that long, superb streak.”

Through Dec. 31, Big Apple is making a “pre-sale offer,” discounting all weekday tickets 25 percent. Use code ATL12 when calling 1-800-922-3772. More info: www.bigapplecircus.org.

Big Apple’s return means that Atlanta will again be circus central in February, a time of year when troupes typically﻿ bring their tours south.

Ringling Bros. will present the show “Dragons” at Philips Arena downtown from Feb. 13 to 18 and at the Arena at Gwinnett in Duluth from Feb. 21 to March 3 (www.ringling.com). And Atlanta-based UniverSoul Circus, celebrating its 20th anniversary, brings its “US” tour to Turner Field’s Green Lot from Feb. 9 to 26 (www.universoulcircus.com)

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Big Tex Presents A Christmas Bell's Beer Dinner
Join us at Big Tex in Decatur on Thursday December 13 at 7 p.m. for a very specialChristmas Beer Dinner, featuring beer pairings from Bell's Brewery, Inc. out of Kalamazoo, Mich. Big Tex's own, Chef Rick Watson, will be presenting a bountiful dinner, pairing dishes specially created for this event with a selection of Bell's outstanding products. The price will be $45 (excluding tax and gratuity) for five courses including, full bottles and pints of beer.http://www.bigtexdecatur.com/

A highly interactive multi-sensory performance for very young children and their grown-ups

ATLANTA, December 10, 2012 — Beginning December 27, the Alliance Theatre for the Very Young will stage Waiting for Balloon written by folk artist TMarq and loosely based on the classic play Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett.

Directed by Rosemary Newcott, Sally G. Tomlinson Artistic Director of Theatre for Youth, Waiting for Balloon tells the story of two childlike hobo-clowns waiting near the railroad tracks for “balloon.” The problem is that neither of them knows exactly what “balloon” is. Through delightful trial and error, exploration and interaction with the audience, the two piece together what makes a balloon a balloon and celebrate all that is discovered while we “wait!” Waiting for Balloon is a joyous introduction to gentle clowning and the joy of creating puppets from found objects, designed by the creative mind of Puppeteer Michael Haverty.

Theatre for the Very Young is an artistic experience for children ages 18 months – 5 years that overcomes age, language, and developmental barriers, expanding the consciousness of very young audience members and integrating bi-lingual elements into each show. Each production nurtures creative thinking, allowing the very young to experience art and culture on their terms.

“Theatre for the Very Young engages both parents and their pre-school children in creative experiences. The fourth wall is dissolved as young ones willing become part of the experience,” says Director, Rosemary Newcott.

Tickets for Waiting for Balloon are $10 per person, no matter how young or old. Groups of 10 or more receive a discount of 25% off their single tickets. For additional information about Theatre for the Very Young or to purchase tickets, please contact Olivia Aston at 404.733.4702 or olivia.aston@woodruffcenter.org. You can also purchase tickets online at:

Two childlike hobo-clown characters are waiting near the railroad tracks for “balloon.” The problem is that neither of them knows exactly what “balloon” is. Through delightful trial and error, exploration and interaction with the audience, the two clowns piece together what makes a balloon a balloon and celebrate all that is discovered while we “wait!” An introduction to gentle clowning and the joy of creating puppets from found objects. For tickets - please contact Olivia Aston at 404.733.4702 or olivia.aston@woodruffcenter.org, also available online at

Season Ticket packages for the two upcoming Theatre for the Very Young productions are available. When you buy a package for $20, receive tickets to both productions plus season ticket benefits.

Waiting for Balloon - December 27-30, 2012; January 3-6, 2013; January 12 & 19, 2013
A Child’s Garden of Verses - March 11-16 & 23; March 29-30, 2013
Explore the sounds and sensations of nature as you journey through a magical garden. Children will be actively engaged in this multi-sensory performance as they willingly become a part of the artistic experience. A “cultural” garden in which children can grow their imaginations, and become gardeners themselves!

Producer Package – $20 (per person, no matter how young or old) –includes a ticket to each TVY production. In addition to guaranteed seats, all TVY season ticket holders receive:
- 15% off additional single tickets to all Alliance Theatre productions
- 10% off acting classes
- $5 off return tickets to enjoy TVY performances again

For season tickets, contact Olivia Aston at 404.733.4702 or olivia.aston@woodruffcenter.org

Thursday, December 6, 2012

From www.nzherald.co.nz
John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John have an early Christmas present for you - and it's a doozy.
The Grease co-stars, who recently announced they had collaborated on a 13-track Christmas album (fantastically cheesy cover alert), have dropped the strangely awkward music video for their up-tempo festive duet, I Think You Might Like It.
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Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Monday, December 3, 2012

From: http://www.bizjournals.coml
Atlanta Business Chronicle by Carla Caldwell, Morning Call Editor
A nonprofit foundation is being formed to purchase, restore and reopen the historic 5,000-square-foot Muse Theatre (Also was called Perry Theatre ) in downtown Perry, Ga., reports the Macon Telegraph.

Billy Milby, of Kathleen, who is among seven people leading the effort to restore the property, said the Muse Theatre Foundation should be fully up and running in two to three months.

Much of the work needed to bring the old theater back to life is expected to be secured through grants, which are often dependent on a showing of community support through funds raised for the project, said Milby, who is president of the new organization, the paper said.

The foundation’s vice-president, Jon Pierce, told The Telegraph he used to go the Muse Theatre with his parents after lunch for a cartoon and a Western movie.
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Saturday, December 1, 2012

This image is based on an old ad for Santa coming to Downtown Decatur by helicopterto
light Decatur's Christmas Tree.( circa 1960's) back then Santa would
land over at The old Decatur Federal building parking lot which is now
Wells Fargo. The tree that year was located out in front of Decatur
Federal bank building.

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The Court House looks so much better without that bandstand built in the middle of the front steps. Why would they block the front view. Why don't they move it to the left about 100 feet over in the grass area.

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